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An ISO image is an archive file (a.k.a. disk image) of an optical disc using a conventional ISO format that is supported by many software vendors. ISO image files typically have a file extension of .iso; occasionally, you might come across a disc image in the .bin format.

While there are ways to use BIN/CUE’s in Linux, it is much easier to convert them to the standard .iso format.

bchunk (BinChunker)¶

CD image format conversion from .bin/.cue to .iso. The bchunk package contains a UNIX/C rewrite of the BinChunker program. BinChunker converts a CD image in a .bin/.cue format into a .iso file.

The .bin/.cue format is used by some non-UNIX CD-writing software, but is not supported on most other CD-writing programs.

• Install bchunk:
  

  sudo pacman -S bchunk
  

• Convert the .bin and .cue files into a .iso file:
  

  bchunk disc_image.bin disk_image.cue disc_image
  

Mount .iso¶

• make a cdrom directory:
  

  mkdir /media/cdrom
  

• Mount the .iso disc image:
  

  sudo mount -o loop disc_image.iso /media/cdrom
  

Resources¶

• http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-convert-bincue-files-to-iso-in-ubuntu.html